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CVE-2007-5381
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Line Printer Daemon (LPD) in Cisco IOS before 12.2(18)SXF11, 12.4(16a), and 12.4(2)T6 allow remote…
High9.3EPSS 14.7%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Line Printer Daemon (LPD) in Cisco IOS before 12.2(18)SXF11, 12.4(16a), and 12.4(2)T6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by setting a long hostname on the target system, then causing an error message to be printed, as demonstrated by a telnet session to the LPD from a source port other than 515.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.7% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 20071010 Cisco IOS Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Protocol Stack Overflow (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- 37935 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 27169 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3457 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- cisco-ios-lpd-bo(37046) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.irmplc.com/index.php/155-Advisory-024 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#230505 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1018798 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 26001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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